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SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RAILWAYS

WEEKLY NOTICES

1955

Interim Listing

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3	Edwardstown - opening of new goods siding. Tantanoola triangle - now mixed gauge. Kalangadoo triangle - removed. 400 class - load Peterborough - Terowie.
4	Edwardstown - Oaklands duplication with diagrams Peterborough - Port Pirie passenger motor timetable.
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6	Edwardstown - Oaklands Duplication - level crossing protection.
7	Adelaide Automatic Telephone Exchange in service.
8	Millicent - weighbridge taken out of service. Victor Harbour trains to stop at 81 miles 15 chains. Spalding Line - goods train to work direct to Adelaide - 750 class.
9	Overland - introduction of breakfast tray service for sleeping cars, 1st March. Nairne - Pyrites siding with diagram.
10	Oakbank Races Quorn line - quality of locomotive water. Holloway - closed.
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12	Terowie line - Express goods train with perishables. Must be worked by 520 class.
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14	Knight's Siding (Murray Bridge Division) - closed.
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16	Lynton open. Sleeps Hill closed 1st May Marte - Tantanoloa - Cellulose - extension of broad gauge and diagram. Sedan - timetable Cellulose - narrow gauge triangle removed. T class engines to work tender-first.
17	Barossa Valley rail and road tour - fare now 30 shillings. Lynton - platform only 3 car length - instructions. Snuggery - closed. Instructions to enginemen to avoid prime, particularly in suburban areas, with special reference to F class engines tendency to priming in reverse gear.
18	Pengilly's siding at Edwardstown - now reconditioned. Burrungle and Tantanoola - change over to broad-gauge working. Barmera line - mixed train schedule.
19	Wolseley - signalling changes and diagram. Penong line timetables
20	Cavan station - new platform to replace old. Pyrites siding Adelaide Steamship Co Schedule changes for Morialta and Minnipa.
21	Sleep's Hill - special arrangements for school children Salisbury - Port Pirie - load for 500 class.
22	Oil-burning locomotives - lighter oil requires specified temperature. Oodlawirra, Yongala, Caltowie. Change of opening hours and diagrams.
23	F class engine - brake valve operation Finsbury - Port Adelaide marshalling yard Eurelia - ash siding. Beachport line - 500 class, 520 class, 600 class, 700 class restrictions.
24	Oaklands - Brighton - permanent way and signalling Womma - low level platforms
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26	Port Noarlunga - co-ordinated service - placards to be removed Oaklands - moving of main line switches Mount Gambier - Tantanoola - broad-gauge working
27	Advice to refreshment rooms stations - to advise numbers on trains. Nairne Pyrites siding - timetable - 500 booster class engine. Osborne Acid Plant - timetable - 750 class engine. Mile End - Marino goods - Rx class. Naracoorte, and Serviceton goods - timetable. Nairne Pyrites siding - diagram
28	FNS trucks - loading diagram for bagged wheat, oats, barley,& super phosphate. Advice to refreshment rooms stations. Crystal Brook - new ballast siding Islington Workmen's trains. Tailem Bend - deviation of main line.
29	Terowie line - timetables Oaklands - signalling Tailem Bend - signalling Luggage lockers (automatic) at Adelaide station.
30	Ouyen (Vic) - Pinnaroo. Diesel railcar timetable Islington Works trains Kirkcaldy - hours of attendance. Port Augusta - Brachina mileages for new line. Burra, Terowie, Broken Hill, Riverton - Jamestown bus timetables Cockburn - 20 ton weighbridge.
31	Port Pirie - Peterborough timetables. Boolgun, Mootatunga, Tuscan, closed.
32	Victor Harbour trains - new stopping place at 81 miles 23 chains. Mount Gambier - signalling and permanent way alterations. Beachport line restrictions Millicent - broad-gauge working
33	Mile End - East Yard - new connection to through line.
34	Millicent - connection to stockyard Oaklands - signalling and permanent way changes. Largs - signalling.
35	Clare, Auburn. Hours of attendance.
36	Moonta line (via Balaklava) - timetable for 250 class (Bluebird) Timetable changes for connecting services, Cresco works bus, Snowtown, via Long Plains. Commencing 11th September. Morgan line. Timetable for 250 class (Bluebird) commencing 5th September. Jamestown bus - connect at Hamley Bridge on Sunday.
37	Boolgun - re-opened as unattended station. Melton, Paskeville, Virginia. Station hours. Eden Hills - removal of crossovers.
38	Millicent - station diagram Mount Gambier - station diagram. Moonta line timetables. Semaphore line - railcars or 3 x 800 class cars for train consists after 7.00 pm. Station attendance hours.
39	Millicent - signalling
40	250 class rail cars - maximum load in "brakevan section" is 3 tons. Medhurst -closed
41	Direk closed for freight and parcels - still a stopping place for passengers. 250 class railcars - special instruction re speed limits on Mount Gambier line. Mount Gambier - new signal cabin - diagram. Semaphore and Outer Harbour - timetables
42	Millicent - signalling Peterborough - Port Pirie, timetable. Outer Harbour and Semaphore lines - timetables Model 75 rail cars - loading in cars with large baggage compartment now 4 tons.
43	Cellulose - Millicent. Extension of broad-gauge working. Diagram KIngston line - timetable Adelaide - Mount Gambier - timetable for passenger motor. Bridgewater and Murray Bridge services - timetables. Mount Gambier 250 class and 100 class trailer, Monday to Saturday, commence 24 October. Suburban Diesel Railcars class 300, now issued to traffic and in use on Semaphore line (24 Oct) 250 class railcars now in service to Moonta, Morgan, Burra, and Mount Gambier. Nangula - closed.
44	Direk closed for goods and parcels, 2 November. Serviceton - fast goods - 900 class diesel Wallaroo goods service - 700 class.
45	Millicent line - timetables. Moonta line - mails for North Yelta and Cross Roads.
46	Semaphore and Outer Harbour trains worked by 300 class railcars. Port Adelaide - Birkenhead - movement of acid tanks. Brighton - signalling.
47	Wilmington line - timetable change for passenger motor. Port Pirie - Peterborough - timetable change to passenger motor. Northfield line - timetable Mitcham and Blackwood -closed Sundays Adelaide - Port Pirie - timetable for express, and passenger trains. Kingston, Pinnaroo lines - timetables.
48	Elizabeth South station - open for passenger traffic. Buckleboo line - timetable. Keith - permanent way and signalling changes - diagram.
49	Yappara - closed Loxton - new siding
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51	Adelaide - Whyalla - Iron Knob - Kimba. Road motor connections. Outer Harbour Line - services worked by 300 class rail cars. Loxton line - new level crossing. Mitchells - closed. Crompton - closed. 250 class, and 300 class railcars - danger of brakes leaking off.
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